Investopedia / Michela Buttignol A stock symbol is an abbreviation that's used to identify a stock for trading and often derives from the company's name. Stock symbols are a shorthand way of ...

Whether it's WOOF, EAT, or even the initials of a former president, a memorable stock symbol can help companies attract investors. One 2006 study from Princeton University psychologists found that ...

A big part of that means shedding the old FB stock symbol that it has kept on the stock market even since formally announcing its new company name. That has officially changed. Meta is now ...

It's not exactly a secret on Wall Street that publicly traded companies sometimes make a statement with their stock symbols. Consider the change made by technology titan Mark Zuckerberg ...

Stock ticker symbols like NFLX help identify specific stocks on exchanges like Nasdaq. Modifiers in tickers signal investment specifics, e.g., "A" for Class A shares. Understanding stock tickers ...